https://www.jta.org/2013/12/04/ny/the-joseph-problem
Every year, around Chanukah, Jews in synagogues worldwide read the heart-wrenching story of Joseph and his brothers. While not immediately apparent, the...
new yorkjewish weekjosephproblem
https://www.jta.org/2008/08/06/ny/a-new-eastern-exposure-for-fundraisers
With the U.S. economy faltering and nonprofits scrambling to meet their fundraising goals, an unexpected source of philanthropic dollars is emerging: Jews in...
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https://www.jta.org/2012/05/22/ny/avram-mlotek-going-back-to-the-future
Avram Mlotek, 24 Avram Mlotek was doing cantorial and concert work in Australia, when an old man came over to chat in Yiddish. The old man moved to Australia...
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https://www.thejc.com/opinion/week-seven-sees-the-candidates-try-their-hands-at-selling-the-cinematic-experience-upjb05z6
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https://www.jta.org/2016/07/04/ny/dutch-jewish-woman-evicted-after-anti-semitic-abuse-threats-by-neighbor-2
The ill woman from Amsterdam has had a years-long dispute with her neighbor, who put a bounty on her head in a Facebook post.
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https://www.jta.org/2019/04/24/ny/where-chief-threat-is-coming-from
The small-to-moderate-size rallies, including those in which I have participated, currently demonstrating the frustration of Jews of conscience over the rise...
new yorkjewish weekchiefthreatcoming
https://www.jta.org/2017/05/24/ny/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-jewish-values
The Bronfman Prize-winner spoke to the Jewish Week on what it means to talk about Jewish values.
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https://www.jta.org/2020/10/08/ideas/70-ways-of-thinking-about-the-recent-jewish-past
In "The New Jewish Canon," Yehuda Kurtzer and Claire Sufrin collect 35 years of communal debate.
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https://www.jta.org/2017/05/23/ny/shvimkleids-swimwear-not-just-for-the-frum
I never heard of a shvimkleid until I saw this YouTube video a few years ago. Back in 2007, my family made aliyah from Toronto. In Israel, there are nine...
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https://www.thejc.com/life/sport/super-soccer-sunday-week-18-review-vpdkp264
There were wins for Camden Park, Scrabble FC, Boca Jewniors, Raiders C, Catford & Bromley and Redbridge Jewish Care C on Matchday 18 of the MGBSFL.
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https://forward.com/opinion/420139/6-happy-hopeful-jewish-news-stories-from-an-otherwise-crummy-week/
Don't be discouraged by Bibi and Cohen -- read about Jewish foster parents, Finnish Yiddish speakers, and a win for LGBT rights in Israel.
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https://www.jta.org/2008/07/23/ny/exercising-their-goodness
Two bat mitzvah projects hit close to home for a couple of local teens, and help kids here and in Israel.
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https://www.myjewishlearning.com/2010/07/02/best-of-the-week-34/
With the week coming to a close, here are some things you might have missed here at MJL: With baby ...
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https://www.jta.org/2019/12/04/ny/a-stake-but-not-a-say-in-israeli-elections
The American Jewish community has a stake, but not a say, in Israeli elections.
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https://www.jta.org/2013/10/22/ny/jewish-and-more-on-the-riviera
Of all the tiny European mini-states, Monaco is nearly the tiniest (only Vatican City is smaller), arguably the most legendary and certainly the most fabulous....
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https://www.jta.org/2017/03/17/ny/top-white-wines-18-and-over-6
TOP WHITE WINES $18 AND OVER Place Wine Mevushal 1 Hagafen, Dry White Riesling, Napa Valley, 2016 Y 2 Galil Mountain Winery, Galil Sauvignon Blanc, 2015 N 3...
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https://www.joshuahammerman.com/2008/03/zigzag-life.html
The Jewish Week 2/17/06 A couple of years ago, when visiting Jerusalem during the height of the Terror War, I had the pleasure of witnessing...
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https://www.jta.org/nyjw-36-to-watch-2022
For the past 15 years, the New York Jewish Week has honored remarkable Jewish New Yorkers for their contributions in the arts, religion, culture, business,...
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https://www.jta.org/archive/palestine-observes-health-week
Health Week was o## served throughout Palestine this week. Health lectures were delivered in the towns, villages at colonies all over the country, posters in...
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https://www.jta.org/2025/01/05/ideas/the-lower-east-side-anti-jewish-riot-that-changed-the-way-jews-do-politics
In 1902, a funeral procession for a prominent rabbi turned into a melee in which nearly 200 Jews were injured.
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https://www.jta.org/2025/11/12/ny/an-immersive-dinner-takes-a-culinary-journey-through-the-jewish-diaspora
Nov 13, 2025 - Created by a team of Broadway vets, “StoryCourse: Diaspora” details in story and food how four diverse Jewish families made their way to NYC.
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https://www.jta.org/2008/07/30/ny/is-oral-insulin-pill-on-horizon
Six months ago, when 51-year-old marketing director Jeff Dunetz was experiencing an unexplained decrease in energy, his doctor eventually diagnosed him with...
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https://www.jta.org/2025/11/20/ny/hanukkah-2025-how-new-york-city-is-celebrating-this-year
Dec 12, 2025 - Your night-by-night guide to the Festival of Lights, including menorah lightings, concerts, parties and more.
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https://www.thejc.com/life/food/celebrate-chocolate-week-with-one-of-these-delicious-treats-nqk1g6bf
If you needed any reason to crack open a bar of the good stuff, here it is.
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https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-731620
On Friday, Feb. 10, Lily Brasch became the first model with muscular dystrophy to walk the runway unassisted at New York Fashion Week,
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https://www.myjewishlearning.com/2009/11/20/best-of-the-week-6/
Shabbat is starting earlier and earlier. Someone please stop the sun. It is on a reign of terror that I ...
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https://www.thejc.com/life/sport/super-soccer-sunday-week-18-preview-jqz956cb
Hendon United will be looking to regain top spot in the MGBSFL when they head east to take on Woodford Wanderers, while Finchley City face a tricky test at...
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https://www.jta.org/2019/12/04/ny/the-five-jewiest-things-from-that-n-y-times-profile-of-adam-sandler
Comedian, movie star and film mogul Adam Sandler gave a rare interview to The New York Times Magazine on Sunday, and in many ways it is a close examination of...
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https://www.jta.org/2000/06/30/ny/progress-on-restitution
The return of Jewish property in Europe seized by the Nazis made progress on two fronts this week, in Poland and in the Czech Republic. In the Czech Republic,...
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https://www.jta.org/archive/mengele-to-be-tried-in-absentia-in-jerusalem-next-week
Dr. Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz death camp doctor responsible for inhuman medical experiments that cost the lives of at least 300,000 inmates and permanently...
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https://www.jta.org/2019/02/20/ny/thousands-protest-anti-semitism-in-marches-across-france
Thousands participated Tuesday in demonstrations against anti-Semitism across France. Protesters took to the streets in some 70 marches only hours after nearly...
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https://www.jta.org/1999/03/26/ny/major-dilemma-in-crown-heights
A congressional race that is nearly two years away already is making waves in the Crown Heights Jewish community, as two of its political allies head for a...
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https://www.jta.org/2017/04/20/ny/young-russians-lost-and-found
Looking up at the lit-up windows of apartment buildings and picturing the lives within is part of the New York imagination. The Russian Jews in the new play...
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https://www.jewishmusicweek.com/
Jewish Music Week in Toronto is an exciting week-long festival of concerts, recitals and musical events throughout the GTA Greater Toronto Area.
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https://www.jta.org/2013/10/16/ny/disagrees-with-wertheimer-2
As a Conservative Jew and a mohel certified by the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Rabbinical Assembly, in practice for more than 25 years, I was somewhat...
new yorkjewish weekdisagreeswertheimer
https://www.jta.org/2019/12/25/ny/battle-over-yeshiva-ed-enters-new-phase
A city report tallies shortcomings in secular instruction, but says all but a few schools are showing progress.
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https://www.jta.org/2013/10/25/ny/day-schools-must-keep-up-with-society-in-gender-equality
When my daughter was in kindergarten, her teacher decided that it would be nice to get mothers more involved in the class. So she invited us to what she...
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https://www.jta.org/2000/05/05/ny/outrage-at-jfk
El Al Airlines added an additional flight from New York to Tel Aviv Thursday to help passengers left stranded Monday night when Tower Air unexpectedly halted...
new yorkjewish weekoutragejfk
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/2015/06/24/five-things-that-happened-at-jewish-camp-this-week-3/
1. Camp JCA Shalom unrolled their entire Torah, one of 1,564 scrolls recovered in Prague after the Holocaust, for the camp community to ...
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https://www.jta.org/2000/06/23/ny/graduations-with-a-shoah-theme
"My mother was killed in Auschwitz. If David Irving had won, my mother would have been a victim a second time! So too would everybody else who perished there."...
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https://www.jta.org/2019/05/09/ny/a-year-round-passover-diet
For devotees of the ketogenic diet, and other similar low-carb diets, Pesach is just another week, and food is just as delicious as ever.
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https://www.jta.org/2018/10/24/ny/a-pop-up-shul-rises-in-the-south-bronx
Chabad struggles for a foothold in a fast-changing area that once was teeming with Jews.
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https://www.thejc.com/life/sport/super-soccer-sunday-week-8-preview-tn4rl0wz
The first round of the Peter Morrison Trophy takes centre stage, with four mouth-watering ties involving teams from different divisions, as well as a host of...
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https://www.jta.org/2013/10/22/ny/toronto-transit-yes-on-pro-israel-ads-no-on-anti-israel
The Toronto Transit System on Monday rejected four advertisements, sponsored by the Montreal-based Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East and...
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https://www.jta.org/2013/11/20/ny/shuls-unite-testing-big-tent-concept
Conservative L.I. congregation welcomes back Orthodox breakaway in novel way.
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https://www.jta.org/archive/jewish-heritage-week-marked-at-white-house-ceremonies
Jewish Heritage Week was commemorated at the White House on Wednesday, marking a return of the observance to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The annual week,...
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https://www.jta.org/2013/06/04/ny/talia-weisberg-18
www.starofdavida.blogspot.com www.maidelle.com Young, Orthodox and feminist. It all began with Betty Friedan. In the summer before ninth grade, Talia Weisberg,...
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https://www.hungryheartthebook.com/event-details/sweet-week-market-at-the-prosserman-jewish-community-centre-jcc/form
Come visit me signing books at the Sweet Week Market!
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https://www.jta.org/2009/07/01/ny/jewish-week-wins-five-writing-awards
Jewish Week staff writers Stewart Ain and Tamar Snyder and correspondent Hella Winston were among the winners of the 2008 Simon Rockower Awards for excellence...
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https://www.jta.org/2018/11/12/ny/embracing-the-jewish-condition-both-stranger-and-native
After the horrific murders in Squirrel Hill many of us continue to experience the pangs of loss, shock and disbelief, and incredible sadness. We struggle to...
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https://www.jta.org/2010/04/20/ny/cracks-in-bipartisan-israel-support
American Jews, and Israel, have long taken pride in the fact that support for the Jewish state is a bipartisan issue among political leaders in this country....
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https://www.jta.org/2020/01/22/ny/fighting-hate-one-meal-at-a-time
Inspired by recent rise in anti-Semitism, New Yorkers of all faiths sit down together to share a meal.
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https://www.jta.org/2013/06/04/ny/pedram-tabibi-29
@PedramTabibi A voice for Jewish-Iranians in the U.S. A decade ago, as an undergraduate at New York University, Pedram Tabibi attended a meeting of the...
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https://www.jta.org/2010/03/31/ny/journey-from-jews-to-the-buddha
Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker David Grubin, a Manhattan resident whose last project was a history of American Jews, has now looked east. His newest...
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https://www.jta.org/2020/01/14/ny/fifty-years-on-downtown-newark-beckons-again
Right around the corner from our Aldine Street house, we could catch the 14 Clinton Place bus to transport us from our leafy Weequahic neighborhood to the...
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https://www.jta.org/archive/prof-zand-and-family-expected-to-leave-ussr-for-israel-within-week
A spokesman for Sen, Robert P. Griffin, Republican of Michigan, said today that Prof. Mikhail Zand, a specialist in Arabic and Persian literature, his wife,...
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https://www.thejc.com/life/sport/jc-team-of-the-week-the-contenders-february-12-vpeknf1v
Here are the nominations from Matchday 21 of the season.
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https://www.jta.org/2018/10/23/ny/ou-invests-in-communal-research
Big Data is coming to Modern Orthodoxy. When it comes to gathering and implementing information, the Orthodox community has lagged behind other parts of the...
new yorkjewish weekouinvestscommunal
https://www.jta.org/2010/04/01/ny/the-vatican-scandal-and-us
The latest reports of the still-widening sex abuse scandal among priests in the Catholic Church are leading closer to Pope Benedict XVI himself, an almost...
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https://www.jta.org/2014/11/26/ny/note-to-adelson
An occupying regime is neither democratic, nor Jewish, a co-founder of Breaking the Silence writes.
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https://www.jta.org/2017/06/21/ny/worried-about-conversion-bill
We write this letter as American Jews proud of our children who made aliyah 10 years ago. In that spirit, we write of an issue that potentially could create a...
new yorkjewish weekworriedconversionbill
https://www.jta.org/2025/12/03/ideas/the-blood-libel-never-went-away-last-week-in-washington-d-c-it-went-viral
Dec 3, 2025 - A “Friendsgiving” protest featuring “Gaza’s Spilled Blood” echoed a slander that has sparked violence against Jews for centuries, writes a scholar of...
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https://www.jta.org/2020/04/24/ny/isolated-but-not-forgotten
I found this dvar Torah I wrote three years ago. When I wrote it then, I had certain patients in the hospital in mind. In rereading it today I am thinking...
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https://www.jta.org/2019/05/30/ny/closing-the-gap
A gulf yawns between Israel and American Jews over pluralism, human rights and democratic principles. But there are, thankfully, connections that transcend...
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https://www.jta.org/2013/12/10/ny/israel-jordan-palestinians-to-build-red-dead-pipeline
Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority have unveiled plans to build a pipeline from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, according to the London Jewish...
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https://www.jta.org/2018/02/20/ny/n-j-rabbi-again-faces-sex-charges
Former East Brunswick Chabad spiritual leader charged with human trafficking and forced prostitution of a 17-year-old.
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https://www.jta.org/2000/06/23/ny/slifka-the-case-for-coexistence
Alan Slifka of Manhattan is founder and president of the 11-year-old Abraham Fund, which funds programs in Israel that promote coexistence between Jewish and...
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https://www.jta.org/2013/10/07/ny/de-blasio-lhota-note-passing-of-rabbi-ovadia-yosef
Public Advocate and Democratic mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio released a statement Monday morning praising the former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, Ovadia...
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